Coach Curt Miller and Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike credit Cooke for providing a lift off the bench in the season-opening blowout of Brittney Griner and the Mercury.
LOS ANGELES — With her first five shots, Sparks rookie guard Zia Cooke could not miss.
Sparks coach Curt Miller, who spent the past seven seasons as the head coach/general manager of the Connecticut Sun, credited Cooke for being a spark off the bench. “I think it all comes with the hard work that I’ve put in,” Cooke shared. “Training camp was definitely tough for me being able to adjust to a lot of different things but something my teammates always tell me, just go out there and be me, be myself and have fun. I think that’s what I did for sure was told myself to have fun and let the game come to me and let everything flow for myself.”
“Again, it was that second unit. It was Zia Cooke. It was Karlie Samuelson . It was Joyner Holmes got a couple of offensive rebounds there when we were struggling to get extra possessions so pleased that bench really sparked us.”
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